I don't think so. Because of the unusual length of the contract the AFL insisted that the full 10 million be included in the Swans salary cap and that all Swans directors signed off to this. I guess they were sh..ting bricks last September when Buddy was having his issues, and very glad he has come right. No doubt last year the AFL legal team was trying to come up some contingency plans if Buddy could no longer play.
Now the Swans seem well established and the other love child, the Giants, seemed destined for sustained on field success, the AFL has laid the foundations for growing Aussie Rules in NSW, particularly with their academies poaching other code talent. I think that the AFL will be prepared let the Swans suffer the consequences of their hubris.